.TH "al_create_sample(3alleg5) Allegro reference manual" "" "" "" ""
.SH NAME
.PP
al_create_sample \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include\ <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

ALLEGRO_SAMPLE\ *al_create_sample(void\ *buf,\ unsigned\ int\ samples,
\ \ \ unsigned\ int\ freq,\ ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH\ depth,
\ \ \ ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF\ chan_conf,\ bool\ free_buf)
\f[]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Create a sample data structure from the supplied buffer.
If \f[C]free_buf\f[] is true then the buffer will be freed with
al_free(3alleg5) when the sample data structure is destroyed.
For portability (especially Windows), the buffer should have been
allocated with al_malloc(3alleg5).
Otherwise you should free the sample data yourself.
.PP
To allocate a buffer of the correct size, you can use something like
this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sample_size\ =\ al_get_channel_count(chan_conf)\ *\ al_get_audio_depth_size(depth);
bytes\ =\ samples\ *\ sample_size;
buffer\ =\ al_malloc(bytes);
\f[]
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_destroy_sample(3alleg5), ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH(3alleg5),
ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF(3alleg5)